Raymond of Burgundy

Raymond of Burgundy (1070-24 May 1107) was the ruler of the County of Galicia from 1090 to 1107 and the husband of Urraca of Leon before she became queen.

Biography
Raymond was born in 1070, the son of Count William I of Burgundy and his wife Stephanie. Raymond and his cousin Count Henry of Portugal arrived in Spain in 1086 with Duke Odo I of Burgundy to take part in the Reconquista against the Muslim Moors. In April 1087, most of the crusaders abandoned the siege of Tudela, but Odo, Raymond, and his retinue headed west to the court of King Alfonso VI of Castile in Burgos and then to the city of Leon. Odo arranged for Raymond to marry King Alfonso's daughter Urraca, and Raymond and Urraca were married for seventeen years, during which Raymond ruled the County of Galicia in northwestern Spain. His son would become King Alfonso VII of Leon, while his brother would become Pope Callixtus II, both after his death in 1107.